JU to launch publication house

Years of complaints by Jadavpur University's (JU) students and academics about the lack of proper reference books, particularly for engineering and technology studies, is finally being addressed.

TNN | Oct 26, 2010, 04.02 AM IST

KOLKATA: Years of complaints by Jadavpur University's (JU) students and academics about the lack of proper reference books, particularly for engineering and technology studies, is finally being addressed. The institution is set to launch a publication house which will supply books that are in high demand by the students and teaching faculties.

JU vice-chancellor Pradip Narayan Ghosh said: "We plan to open a publication house called Jadavpur University Press. Several publication houses are run by eminent universities like Oxford, Cambridge and Princeton. We, too, have chosen to call our press after our university." The executive council (EC), the highest decision-making body of JU, has already given its go-ahead to the proposal.

The main focus of the publication house will be to publish textbooks and thesis written by research scholars and authors. "We will not restrict ourselves to publishing books written by students and academics in the institute. Rather, we plan to throw its gates open to all scholars," added Ghosh.

The Jadavpur University Press will appoint a board of editors who will decide on the authors, subjects of publications and also determine the quality of the work. "Though we have not yet decided on the names, the board will comprise eminent authors and academics who will be a part of the initiative," the VC said. One of the main reasons for the initiative is to meet the demand for publishing better reference books for engineering and technology studies.

"There aren't too many good reference books on engineering and technology. In India, there are around six lakh engineering students. It will benefit them. We will also publish works by foreign authors and research scholars," said the VC. The press will be set up on the JU main campus.

Soumyajyoti Basu, former JU student and B-Pharma graduate, says: "It is indeed great news, not only for the institute, but also for students of engineering and technology. There is a dearth of good reference books which will now be met. Moreover, costs of published books is also likely to remain low compared to that of foreign publications."

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